TY - GEN N2 - This book provides an impressive account of the pioneering technical achievements of the German economic theorist Friedrich List (1789-1846) during his exile in the USA. With the project planning and construction of the Little Schuylkill Railroad in Pennsylvania, List contributed significantly to the development of the coal deposits there and thus to the development of heavy industry in the USA. The exciting history of the founding of the railroad and List's involvement is illustrated by many photographic documents. The content - The American exile of Friedrich List (1825-1832) - Friedrich List and the indigenous American population - The importance of coal for the early industrialization - List`s railway project - the obstacles and first successes. DO - 10.1007/978-3-658-34526-6 DO - doi AB - This book provides an impressive account of the pioneering technical achievements of the German economic theorist Friedrich List (1789-1846) during his exile in the USA. With the project planning and construction of the Little Schuylkill Railroad in Pennsylvania, List contributed significantly to the development of the coal deposits there and thus to the development of heavy industry in the USA. The exciting history of the founding of the railroad and List's involvement is illustrated by many photographic documents. The content - The American exile of Friedrich List (1825-1832) - Friedrich List and the indigenous American population - The importance of coal for the early industrialization - List`s railway project - the obstacles and first successes. T1 - Friedrich List as a railway pioneer in the USA :the Little Schuylkill Railroad in Pennsylvania--- a German-American pioneering achievement / AU - Wendler, Eugen, CN - TF24.P4 LA - eng ID - 1438009 KW - Railroads SN - 9783658345266 SN - 3658345268 TI - Friedrich List as a railway pioneer in the USA :the Little Schuylkill Railroad in Pennsylvania--- a German-American pioneering achievement / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-658-34526-6 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-658-34526-6 ER -